CVM Graduate Students Receive White Coats During Ceremony

Fall 2018 White Coat Oath
CVM students recite the Graduate Student Oath after receiving their white coats at the annual ceremony on Aug. 23.

Master’s and doctoral students in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) reaffirmed their commitment to their work and their promise to uphold the highest professional standards during the second annual Graduate Student Oath Ceremony on Aug. 23.

During the event, students were welcomed with comments from Dr. Robert Burghardt, CVM associate dean for research & graduate studies; Dr. Mark Barteau, Texas A&M vice president for research; and Dr. Jyotsna Vaid, a professor of cognition and cognitive neuroscience and director of organizational development for research and equity at Texas A&M.

After Dr. Weston Porter, a professor in the CVM’s Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, offered a keynote on how and why “Perfect is the Enemy of Good,” the 39 students received their white laboratory coat and an engraved magnetic CVM name tag and then recited the graduate student oath as a group, led by Graduate Student Association president Cassandra Skenandore.

The 39 white coat recipients include: Alex Acenio, Hadil Al Muhisen, Noor Aly, Anne Beckham, Emily Bencosme, Joshua Bertels, Alex Blanchette, Rachel Busselman, Caitlin Casanova, Zunwei Chen, Edward Davila, Spencer DeBrock, Nicholas Drury, Pierre Ferrer, Allie Folcik, Louis Fowler, Kelly Head, Sarah Hearon, Minal Jamsandekar, Susanne Kahn, Koedi Lawley, Alison Manchester, Kristin McCamy, Christian Mitchell, Toriq Mustapha, Efosa Obariase, Drew Pendleton, Dylan Pham, Carolina Rivera, Alina Roman Hubers, Grace Samtani, Pari Sheth, Ross Shore, Catrina Silveira, Johanna Smith, Samantha St. Jean, Sam Stroupe, Alan Valdiviezo, and Megan Wood.

Developed in 2016, the oath incorporates the Aggie core values of Excellence, Integrity, Leadership, Loyalty, Respect, and Selfless Service with values of professionalism through ethical behavior and scholarship in biomedical research.

The embroidered laboratory coat symbolizes students’ official entry into training as a laboratory scientist, and the name tag fosters recognition of their unique identity and contributions to the CVM research enterprise.

See more pictures from the Graduate Student Oath Ceremony at the CVM’s Flickr page.


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